A Battle of the Wills

Two immovable forces.  Two stubborn mules.  A Mexican standoff.  All of those phrases describe today's mediation.  We are $2,500 apart.  Only $2,500 apart, and yet, we might as well be $100,000 apart.  Neither one of them is willing to budge.  Without somebody thinking outside the box, these people will spend far more than $2,500 asking a judge to make their decision for them.  Neither of them wants to be the one to give in, to lose face, to lose that last battle with their despised but once loved spouse.  What it really is, is that neither wants to let go.  Neither of them wants to be done with feeling wronged, with being the victim.  It all has to be the other's fault, and if they settle, they will be letting that go and have to move forward with their lives.  It's frightening, too frightening.